registered nurse

mental health technician

licensed practical nurse

therapist

outpatient therapist

SUN Behavioral Delaware

The motto there is supposed to be Safety, Teamwork, Integrity, and Compassion - The administrators do not care about a safe environment. Only worried about the "grid" - the system that designates how many staff per patient. Night shift - you have 16 patients alone as an RN before they will give you a second nurse (and then it will probably be an LPN who cannot help you do much with admissions or assessments). They should staff for acuity of patients - not the number of patients. It is going to take a sentinel event before administration finally realizes how unsafe it is there. Turnover rate is horrible, morale is really down. Probably because administration is never visible. The CEO seems to hide in her office all day, you will get a random email once in a while from her, but otherwise you do not see her. If you do see her it's because you did something wrong and she was watching the camera in her office. She is cold, rude, and not friendly. Employees have so many great ideas of how things could be better, but administration does not listen. Nothing changes, everyone is frustrated.

The management at SUN is clueless when it comes to clinical awareness, being trauma-informed, or utilizing evidence based practices. It is feast or famine here. Either there is too much staff or not enough, usually the latter. Management ignores the staffing crisis, even after staff is being assaulted. Nurses and techs are continuously called off, BEFORE COVID19, which leaves the remaining staff fighting for their lives and trying to manage the patient care appropriately. The nursing staff acts like graham crackers are gold and only allows the patients their three meals, and designated snack times. Do not get hungry in-between. The hospital is nursing driven, which is another short-coming. Behavioral Health is not to be driven by nurses; they're not trained for this, nor do they have the bedside manner to intervene in any mental health or behavioral situation. The only interventions they should be involved in, is medication. This is very concerning because SUN is the only inpatient facility in the Sussex county area. We will just have to keep referring people out of state and up state. This is not somewhere I would suggest working, or sending anyone for clinical care.

There is GOOD and BAD at all jobs...so..yes this job is no different. I feel the good outweighs the bad. I have been at this hospital since it opened and have seen many changes. Most issues are the staff on the units...not management as some may think. Alot of techs and nurses and supervisors need to be retrained for their current positions. 
We are here to help our patients and that is where some staff lose focus. Yes,we have had some VERY CHALLENGING AND AGGRESSIVE patients...and occasionally a staff member gets hurt or property is damaged by these patients.....but.....we have to remember these patients have serious mental health problems. (Some patients should not be admitted because this hospital can not provide for their violent behaviors)
Overall... I feel secure and happy at SUN. I have seen alot of staff quit....but alot of them come back...so that should speak volumes to anyone interested in applying. 

It is very disappointing how this facility has declined in the last 2 years . There is so much turnover due to the staff not being compensated for the work that they do, and no appreciation.So many people in Leadership have resigned due to poor work ethic and lack of Leadership from the CEO.It’s very sad that the Values of SUN are Safety,Teamwork ,Integrity and Compassion yet the CEO has NONE of these . She stays in her office with her Dog all day.Her admin staff does her dirty work, and she is not held accountable for the ball being dropped.Things are swept under the rug and covered up like nothing happened when corporate or CMS shows up.If you want bags of chips or a ice cream bar from the cafeteria as appreciation,this is the place for you ! Patients are not set up for success and positive outcomes.Don’t waste time time or Risk your License. 

they need to hire security so that patients and staff feel protected; the ceo is never seen and does not speak to therapists if happen to run into her; the nurses are phenominal but preoccupied with chartings as they are understaffed; there is no one on one with clients unless the therapists do an assessment; groups are the mainstay; most clients are bored; not enough activities.  A typical day starts with meeting with the psychiatrist and his/her patients, followed by groups led by clinicians, meals and recreation time, fitting assessments in which are rushed, need to do 4-5 assessments daily; the more assessments the better; clients miss out on quality time with there unit counselor, don

They don’t care about their staff. They leave one staff member alone with 10-15 patients that are psychotic. They patients are constantly fighting  Each other with. Staff members get hurt trying to break up the fights. There are zero consequences for when a patient attacks a peer or staff member. Consent turn over, every time they get good employees, they leave because they are treated like dirt. Kids get anything they want. Staff orders them pizza and then 10 mins later they will start fighting each other. They put detox and psychotic patients on the mood disorder unit and make them go crazy. The entire place is not therapeutic at all for the patients.  

I loved working here and working with people your schedule is always the same however the set up for clocking in and getting to your unit takes a bit of time you have to clock in on one side of the building then go to another side of the building to see where you are for that shift then depending where you are then go all the way to that unit. There’s a different manager every 12 hours. I picked up shifts a lot to help cover but had a life threatening emergency and they are not understanding and wanted me to still come in for my shift. I loved this job but there is a reason there is a HUGE employee turnover. 

This place is an ok place to work but could be a lot better.   Intake places people in units they have no business being on and it just causes a headache for the staff and causes anxiety for the patients.  It saddens me when I hear patients, that are there to get better, say that they would never come back.  They always thank the staff and say the staff is amazing but they don't feel safe.  SUN doesn't believe in security because they say having security guards is not a therapeutic environment but having patients with depression and anxiety freaking out because a misplaced detox patient is flipping out isn't very therapeutic either.

I loved my job and the work that I did and wouldn't have left if not for my position being out-sourced. This was my first time working at a FOR PROFIT company which put a lot of focus on monetary goals.  The Micro-managing was hard to deal with.  There was very little training and a great deal of Corporate oversight and changing of priorities multiple times during the week.  Operating systems didn't interface well and staff didn't always have access to information necessary for work.  There is a very high Management turnover which can affect morale.

The class orientation was extremely well organized. I felt I could answer questions at any time.. The HR dept. did an exceptional job communicating with me what documentation they needed from me and all the details pertaining to orientation. Everyone that I have met so far are friendly and very helpful. The nursing supervisor is very approachable. She demonstrates that she truly cares and assesses my needs. The staff is very professional and cares about all the patients. The work environment is very clean!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 1 salary reported	$45.00 per hour
Mental health technician 3 salaries reported	$22.33 per hour
Licensed practical nurse 4 salaries reported	$40.00 per hour
Therapist 2 salaries reported	$28.25 per hour
Outpatient therapist 1 salary reported	$60,780 per year

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